intermediate Algebra HELP

Hi folks, for the life of me, I cannot make an equation out of this problem.

One car leaves Chicago headed for Cleveland, a distance of 343 miles. At the same time, a second car leaves Cleveland headed toward Chicago. If the first car averages 50 mph and the second car averages 48 mph, how long will it take the cars to meet?

intermediate Algebra HELP

Originally Posted by drain

Well, the total distance traveled of both will be 343 miles. And the times of the travel should be the same. So we have

48t + 50t = 343

Thank you! But it looks to easy and sounds to good to be true. I came up with that equation. But what was throwing me off was the "how long will it take the cars to meet" question at the end. I thought I had to change this into mins or hours to quantify how long it would take them. When I solve this equation it gives me 3.5, so does that mean it will take 3.5 hrs for them to meet?

Hi folks, for the life of me, I cannot make an equation out of this problem.

One car leaves Chicago headed for Cleveland, a distance of 343 miles. At the same time, a second car leaves Cleveland headed toward Chicago. If the first car averages 50 mph and the second car averages 48 mph, how long will it take the cars to meet?

How do I set this up as an equation?

In total:
Let x be the distance the first car travels and y be the distance the second car travels. Both cars travel for the same amount of time t. Then
x + y = 343 mi
x/t = 50
y/t = 48